California businesses are suing to halt a new state law that bars them from requiring employees to attend anti-union meetings at work. The state’s Chamber of Commerce and California Restaurant Association filed the suit in federal court on New Year’s Eve, a day before the new law was to go into effect, seeking to block it from being enforced. The law prohibits employers from disciplining workers who refuse to attend workplace meetings to hear ab…

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Business groups in California filed a federal lawsuit on New Year’s Eve to challenge a new law that prohibits companies from firing or in any way disciplining workers who refuse to attend “captive audience” meetings, effectively undoing nearly 80 years of precedent protecting employer speech.
Senate Bill 399, which took effect on Jan. 1, adds section 1137 to the California Labor Code, prohibiting employers from taking any action against an emplo…

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California businesses are suing to stop a new state law that prohibits them from requiring employees to attend anti-union meetings at work. The state Chamber of Commerce and the California Restaurant Association filed the suit in federal court on New Year’s Eve, a day before the new law was set to take effect, seeking to block its enforcement. The law prohibits employers from disciplining workers who refuse to attend workplace meetings to hear “…

Las empresas de California están demandando para detener una nueva ley estatal que les prohíbe exigir a los empleados que asistan a reuniones antisindicales en el trabajo. La Cámara de Comercio del estado y la Asociación de Restaurantes de California presentaron la demanda en un tribunal federal en la víspera de Año Nuevo, un día antes de que la nueva ley entrara en vigor, buscando bloquear su aplicación. La Ley prohíbe a los empleadores discipl…

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The law allows workers to not attend anti-union meetings hosted by their employers.

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California businesses are suing to halt a new state law that bars them from requiring employees to attend anti-union meetings at work.

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Businesses suing state over new workplace meeting law

In summary The law allows workers to not attend anti-union meetings hosted by their employers. California businesses are suing to halt a new state law that bars them from requiring employees to attend anti-union meetings at work.  The state’s Chamber of Commerce and California Restaurant Association filed the suit in federal court on New Year’s […]

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A new California law pertaining to captive audience meetings in the workplace has drawn the attention of several prominent groups gearing up for a legal battle in 2025. The California Chamber of Commerce and the California Restaurant Association have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the new law, Senate Bill 399, that aims to ban retaliation over worker attendance of “captive audience” meetings. The bill, which took effect on New Year’s Day, p…

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article  California businesses are suing to halt a new state law that bars them from requiring employees to attend anti-union meetings at work. The state’s Chamber of Commerce and California Restaurant Association filed the suit in federal court on New Year’s Eve, a day before the new law was to go into effect, seeking to block it from being enforced. The law prohibits employers from disciplining workers who refuse to attend workplace meetings t…

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California businesses are suing to halt a new state law that bars them from requiring employees to attend anti-union meetings at work.  The state’s Chamber of Commerce and California Restaurant Association filed the suit in federal court on New Year’s Eve, a day before the new law was to go into effect, seeking to block […] The post Businesses sue state over new workplace law first appeared on Santa Monica Daily Press.

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The California Chamber of Commerce and the California Restaurant Association challenge a recently passed law in the state, which prohibits employers from applying repressions against employees who refuse to attend the so-called enthusiastic audience meetings where employers can make speeches that promote an anti-union stance or discourage workers fro…

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